\section{Making nice figures}
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  \frametitle{Checklist for good figures}

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      \item No title. The explanation goes in the caption.
      \item Be careful using colors to separate curves. Your figure should not be useless in black and white. Consider using dottet/dash-dottet/dashed instead. You can also use different line widths.
        \item Make sure that all axes are labeled including units in a readable font. This typically means you have to change the settings of your graphics program.
        \item Use font, font size and figure size consistently in your thesis. 
        \item MS Excel and OpenOffice Spreadsheet produce poor figures and are difficult to export into the formats you want (.eps, .pdf, .svg).
     \item Check out featured articles in journals for examples on nice figures and illustrations.
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